Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth, 1558-1603 -- Sources; Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603 -- Sources
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| |Ships.|Tonnage.| Men.|Captains.|
+----------------------------------------+------+--------+-----+---------+
|Ships and vessels of her Majesty’s | 34 | 12190 | 6225| 34 |
|Ships serving by tonnage with the Lord | | | | |
| Admiral | 10 | 756 | 248| |
|Ships with Sir Francis Drake | 33 | 5220 | 2334| 33 |
|Ships sent out by the City of London | 33 | 6130 | 3020| 38 |
|Coasters with the Lord Admiral | 20 | 1930 | 960| |
|Coasters with the Lord Henry Seymour | 23 | 2248 | 1210| 23 |
|Ships that transported Victuals Westward| 15 | 1795 | 455| 15 |
|Voluntary Ships with the Lord Admiral | 18 | 1716 | 820| |
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| Summa Totalis | 191 | 31985 |15272| |
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THE LAST FIGHT OF THE REVENGE (1591).
=Source.=--Richard Hakluyt: _The Principal Navigations, Voiages,
Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation_ ... _within the
compass of these 1500 years_. 1598-1600. Vol. ii., part ii., p.
169.
A report of the truth about the fight about the Isles of Azores, the
last of August, 1591, betwixt the Revenge, one of her Majesty’s ships,
and an Armada of the King of Spain; penned by the honourable Sir Walter
Raleigh knight.
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